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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krida
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Unknown, possibly akin to Latin crībrum (“sieve, riddle”), Proto-Germanic *hrīdrǭ (“riddle”), Proto-Celtic *kreitro- (“sieve”) (whence Old Irish críathar, Old Welsh cruitr), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sift, to separate”) + *-da.
Noun
*krida f[1]
- sieve, sifter
- Synonyms: *sito, *cědъ
Inflection
Declension of *krida (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *krida | *krìdě | *krìdy |
| Accusative | *krìdǫ | *krìdě | *krìdy |
| Genitive | *krìdy | *krìdu | *krìdъ |
| Locative | *krìdě | *krìdu | *krìdasъ, *krìdaxъ* |
| Dative | *krìdě | *krìdama | *krìdamъ |
| Instrumental | *krìdojǫ, *krìdǭ** | *krìdama | *krìdamī |
| Vocative | *krìdo | *krìdě | *krìdy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *krojiti (“to cut, to pattern”) (possibly)
- *krajь (“edge”) (possibly)
Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: kśida
- Upper Sorbian: křida
- Sorbian:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krida”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 151
- Sławski, Franciszek (1974), “O słowiańskich formacjach na -do, -da, -dь”, in Studia indoeuropejskie, page 213
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “?krida”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 107)”